Post by earlybp on Jul 24, 2008 15:35:24 GMT -5
I've had Ed for two years. Ed was CBER Duke. Chuck the FLO said, "This horse don't know much."
Ed has always been standoffish, but sweet. He rarely wanted to be caught. An animal communicator told me that he had been trained too young, and spurred really badly. So I knew that someone had been on him. But I thought that, at most, he was greenbroke.
Well, Ed's been with the TB trainer for about six weeks, and her former jockey hubby rode him last weekend.
He gently popped up into Ed's saddle in a very large stall. Ed held still. Then Ed started moving in figure eights.
I thought Mel was just sitting on him, while Ed chose where to go.
Then Dana, Ed's trainer and Mel's wife said, "He's got power steering."
I said, "What?"
She said, "Look at Mel's legs."
I saw Mel gently move his legs back and forward, while keeping his reins still.
She said, "Your horse is broke. Your horse is actually well-broke. He's just got trust issues. Somebody thumped him good."
I started to quietly cry at that point. I always knew that he was a nice horse, but to think that someone took a smart horse and broke his spirit, and then threw him away, well I just don't have words.
Ed's letting his true self shine now. He is happy to be caught, likes to be loved on, and isn't a complete freak when we put a saddle on him.
He whinnies and runs to the gate when he sees his trainer. He's got a mad crush on that trainer of his. Today, he refused to go out to pasture with Pippa because he felt like he hadn't had enough time in the round pen! He just stood in the gate.
He's actually showing himself to be pretty smart, and if we can get him to believe that nobody's going to ever hurt him, I think he might have a great life, beyond being my "green-broke" pasture pet.
Mel later said that Ed has such a quick response to him, that he's probably going to need an advanced rider. Mel jockeyed for 20 years or so, and he said that Ed is as quick a responder as he's seen.
So, Dana's going to continue to train him, and if I'm not a fit, then we're going to find him a rider and a situation that's the best fit for him.
I was just going to use him as a trail horse. He 16hh, so too big for barrels. What do you do with a big fast QH cross? I suppose he'd be great for eventing?
I'm going to take my camera out this weekend and get a few shots of him under saddle.
Ed has always been standoffish, but sweet. He rarely wanted to be caught. An animal communicator told me that he had been trained too young, and spurred really badly. So I knew that someone had been on him. But I thought that, at most, he was greenbroke.
Well, Ed's been with the TB trainer for about six weeks, and her former jockey hubby rode him last weekend.
He gently popped up into Ed's saddle in a very large stall. Ed held still. Then Ed started moving in figure eights.
I thought Mel was just sitting on him, while Ed chose where to go.
Then Dana, Ed's trainer and Mel's wife said, "He's got power steering."
I said, "What?"
She said, "Look at Mel's legs."
I saw Mel gently move his legs back and forward, while keeping his reins still.
She said, "Your horse is broke. Your horse is actually well-broke. He's just got trust issues. Somebody thumped him good."
I started to quietly cry at that point. I always knew that he was a nice horse, but to think that someone took a smart horse and broke his spirit, and then threw him away, well I just don't have words.
Ed's letting his true self shine now. He is happy to be caught, likes to be loved on, and isn't a complete freak when we put a saddle on him.
He whinnies and runs to the gate when he sees his trainer. He's got a mad crush on that trainer of his. Today, he refused to go out to pasture with Pippa because he felt like he hadn't had enough time in the round pen! He just stood in the gate.
He's actually showing himself to be pretty smart, and if we can get him to believe that nobody's going to ever hurt him, I think he might have a great life, beyond being my "green-broke" pasture pet.
Mel later said that Ed has such a quick response to him, that he's probably going to need an advanced rider. Mel jockeyed for 20 years or so, and he said that Ed is as quick a responder as he's seen.
So, Dana's going to continue to train him, and if I'm not a fit, then we're going to find him a rider and a situation that's the best fit for him.
I was just going to use him as a trail horse. He 16hh, so too big for barrels. What do you do with a big fast QH cross? I suppose he'd be great for eventing?
I'm going to take my camera out this weekend and get a few shots of him under saddle.
